Rival
31rival — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bitter, close, deadly (BrE), fierce, formidable, great, hated, powerful, serious, tough …
32rival — 1 noun (C) 1 a person, group, or organization that you compete with in sport, business, a fight etc: He left the government to become her most formidable rival. (+ for): The two girls were rivals for Jack s attention. | rival company/nation/team… …
33rival — 01. Larry s main [rival] for the job is a woman who works in another department. 02. The [rivalry] between the two brothers guaranteed that each boy always did his best, in an effort to outdo the other. 03. Police fear violence will explode… …
34rival — [[t]ra͟ɪv(ə)l[/t]] ♦♦ rivals, rivalling, rivalled (in AM, use rivaling, rivaled) 1) N COUNT Your rival is a person, business, or organization who you are competing or fighting against in the same area or for the same things. The world champion… …
35rival — I n. a rival for; in II v. (D; tr.) to rival in (to rival smb. in skill) * * * [ raɪv(ə)l] in a rival for (D; tr.) to rival in (to rival smb. in skill) …
36Rival — A rival is a competing person, company, or team. Rival or rivals may also refer toLiterature, music, and media* Rival (Pearl Jam song), song on Pearl Jam s 2000 s album Binaural * Rival (song), the second opening theme song of the Pocket Monsters …
37rival — {{11}}rival (n.) 1570s, from L. rivalis a rival, originally, one who uses the same stream (or one on the opposite side of the stream ), from rivus brook (see RIVULET (Cf. rivulet)). The notion is of the competitiveness of neighbors. {{12}}rival… …
38rival — /ˈraɪvəl / (say ruyvuhl) noun 1. someone who is in pursuit of the same object as another, or strives to equal or outdo another; a competitor. 2. someone or something that is in a position to dispute pre eminence or superiority with another: a… …
39RIVAL — ALE. s. Concurrent, celui qui aspire, qui prétend aux mêmes avantages, aux mêmes succès qu un autre. Ils aiment tous deux la même personne, ils sont rivaux. Il a supplanté tous ses rivaux. Son rival a été préféré. Elle a une dangereuse rivale. Il …
40rival — rivalless, adj. /ruy veuhl/, n., adj., v., rivaled, rivaling or (esp. Brit.) rivalled, rivalling. n. 1. a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor. 2. a person or thing… …
